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Intel Core i5-3470 vs Intel Core i7-3840QM

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-3470

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-3840QM

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 79 %

Intel Core i5-3470

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-3840QM

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

703

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

686

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,943

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

2,588

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

770

4C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

793

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,566

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

3,089

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

106

Intel HD Graphics 4000

333

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,350

4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,699

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000 (31)	Intel Core i 3000M (29)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge S	Ivy Bridge H
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1155	PGA 988
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.20 GHz	2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.60 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB	8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU frequency	0.65 - 1.10 GHz	0.65 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	6 / 48	16 / 128
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	2 GB
Technology	22 nm	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2012	Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
TDP	77 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel Core i7-3840QM
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2012
Release price	184 $	568 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-3470 is 3.7 stars (91 ratings), while Intel Core i7-3840QM has received 4.8 stars (4 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-3470
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-3840QM
4C / 8T · 2.80 - 3.80 GHz

★★★★★